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London man killed by ex-child soldier despite skateboarders intervention
Ed Southgate, The Sun
Published: 8:49, 2 Feb 2023, Updated: 10:09, 2 Feb 2023
A FORMER child soldier killed a stranger in a vicious attack in front of horrified shoppers.
Tedi Fanta Hagos, 27, murdered Stephen Dempsey, 60, by jumping on him from behind with a blade at night.
Tedi Fanta killed Stephen DempseyCredit: Central News; He attacked his victim on Oxford Street. Credit: PA
Two skateboarder witnesses hit Tedi with their boards to try disarm him and helped to restrain him in July 2021 on Oxford Street, London.
Mr Dempsey, who was born in Belfast, suffered four stab wounds and died in hospital later that night from a chest wound.
Prosecutor Caroline Carberry KC told the Old Bailey Fanta was "seen carrying out a ferocious, random and unprovoked attack on a helpless and unsuspecting member of the public".
She said: "His victim could have been anyone who was in close proximity to him during the course of that day in central London.
"Sadly for Stephen Dempsey and his family, it was him."
Because Fanta, who was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, was deemed unfit to stand trial, jurors did not have to determine his guilt - only if they were sure he committed the acts he was accused of, Ms Carberry said.
They deliberated for less than an hour on Wednesday to find he had had a knife and carried out the murder.
The court was told Eritrean-born Fanta, who arrived in Britain in 2014, had convictions for criminal damage and assaulting a police officer and emergency worker and was on bail at the time of the killing.
He had been arrested on June 18, 2021 for "brandishing a saw" in Swansea and then bailed to appear at Swansea Magistrates' Court, the trial of facts heard.
Good grief!
Mr Dempsey's sister Kathleen Dempsey has expressed concerns about how and why her brother was killed, the court was also told.
In a victim impact statement, Ms Dempsey said her brother was an "unassuming" man who had lived in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex since he was a child.
She said the retired civil servant had a "brilliant mind" and a "dry sense of humour" and loved live music and languages, particularly French.
Mitigating, Patrick Upward KC said Fanta was conscripted into the Eritrean army aged 12 or 13.
In the years of conflict that followed, the defendant was shot and tortured, Mr Upward said.
He eventually sought sanctuary in the UK and was granted refugee status but "by then the damage had been done".
Mr Upward said Fanta was a "very, very ill young man".
Judge Michael Topolski KC handed Fanta a hospital order without limit of time.
He said Fanta launched a "random and wholly unprovoked attack" and praised passers-by who went to Mr Dempsey's aid.
He said Fanta had made seven court appearances in the past and been sectioned in 2020, adding: "This defendant slipped through the system unnoticed, uncared for, untreated and very dangerous."
How could an ex-child soldier slip through the system unnoticed? The system seems pretty pathetic.
Detective Chief Inspector Geoff Grogan said: "My heart goes out to Stephen's family, especially his mother, who lost him in such terrible circumstances.
"While I know there is precious little comfort in the wake of this awful story, I hope they will take solace knowing that people tried to help Stephen when he so needed it.
"Those two brave members of the public should know how greatly their actions were and are appreciated by Stephen's family.
This is not the first time I have heard of skateboarders risking their lives for a stranger. Check this out!
"The judge formally recognised their actions, and two other members of the public, with commendations for their bravery.
"I would also like to thank my team of detectives, who were absolutely determined to obtain Stephen's family justice."
How about "the system" that made it all possible?
Oxford St., London
NYC: Muslim cleric urged Muslims to ‘cut the throats’ of non-Muslims,
recruited for the Islamic State (ISIS)
FEB 3, 2023 12:00 PM
BY ROBERT SPENCER
Jihad Watch
Where on earth could he have gotten that idea that Muslims should cut the throats of non-Muslims?
“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4)
“Radical Muslim leader convicted of recruiting ISIS supporters,”
by Patrick Reilly,
New York Post,
January 26, 2023:
A radical Islamic cleric was convicted of recruiting and providing support for ISIS, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Thursday.
Shaikh Abdullah Faisal, 59, an Islamic State recruiter and marriage broker was found guilty of “far reaching crimes” of terrorism following New York state’s first-ever terrorism trial, according to the DA’s office.
Faisal, a Jamaica native who prosecutors described as “one of the most influential English speaking terrorists of our times,” preached violent jihad and pushed for ISIS recruitment on his social media platforms and tried to inspire others to commit acts of terror themselves in ISIS’ name.
He additionally provided instructions on how potential fighters could best travel to Syria and Iraq undetected and worked as a matchmaker for women looking to get hitched to Islamic militants.
Faisal was arrested in Jamaica in 2017 and then extradited to New York City following a joint investigation by the NYPD’s Intelligence Bureau and the Manhattan DA’s Office’s Counter Terrorism Program — which was established in 2015 to investigate extremists and thwart terror plots, according to the DA’s office.
In 2016, Faisal began communicating with an undercover NYPD officer via email, text and video chat from his home in Jamaica in a bid to encourage her to travel to the Middle East to join ISIS and carry out attacks. He also offered to introduce the woman — who was posing as a would-be jihadist — to a suitable husband within the terror group.
The militant, who previously went by Trevor William Forrest, urged the undercover officer to listen to his online speeches and lectures in which he encouraged followers to wage jihad against enemies of Islam and even kill Americans, Jews and Hindus.
“The way forward is not the ballot. The way forward is the bullet,” he said in one speech, according to his indictment. In another, he urged followers to “cut the throats” of nonbelievers with machetes.
Faisal was previously convicted in the United Kingdom in 2003 for inciting murder and using racially charged, hateful rhetoric to support terrorist ideologies….
And, obviously, didn't spend all that long in prison. Lets hope he is not allowed to resume his mad activities again.
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